Surfingbird
11-25-2011, 03:16 PM
Ok, so let me tell you my story!
I got Blue, my peach faced lovebird when he was 4 1/2 weeks old from a bird expo. He was housed in a little reptile/fish critter thing with his/her younger sibling. The critter things were stacked upon each other. There were other species of baby lovebirds and parrotlets too. But I picked Blue because I clicked with him. His sibling, even though he looked like he was only 2 weeks old, was not as cuddly as Blue. She gave me old formula, which Blue didn't like much. Blue sneezed and kept one of his eyes closed, so I knew he was sick. My dad was on a trip for 5 days [he left the day after we got Blue] so I waited for him to come home to bring him to the vet and get fresh formula. He had a bacterial infection and the vet gave us meds, which we gave him through a 1 cc syringe for 2 weeks until he was better. He's 2 months and 3 weeks old tomorrow. He weaned at about 9 to 9 1/2 weeks old.
SO here's the problem:
He started biting me at about 5 or 6 weeks old. =( I thought it was just baby teething, but I guess not. He bites now like crazy! He's already pretty cage aggressive. The cage aggression started a few days after we got his wings clipped, about a week and a half ago. Today there was a problem. I tried to give him something from my finger when he was in his happy hut, and he bit me the hardest he's ever bit me and latched on. I had to pull away, and he fell to the cage floor. It hurt so bad. I think our relationship is starting to crumble pretty badly, ever since he weaned. He isn't as cuddly any more nor attached to me as much. He bites every single time I have him out of his cage, several times. He bites for no reason (to me). He just walks over to my hand, and starts biting my fingers or knuckles. Even if I'm holding them still. It hurts! And he doesn't like my mom. He bites her ears like crazy, and fingers. He's drawn blood from her. I have no idea what to do. How should I react when he bites? I have to put him right back in his cage after he bites, because I would lose my temper with him and end up hurting him, sorry to say. I never want to hurt him though, and that's why I put him back. I try not to react when he bites, but it hasn't worked. I've tried cage time-out, blowing on him, the earthquake finger shaking thing, and even placing him on the floor after he bites. None have worked. I know it will take a while for him to stop biting, but I need some help here. I just want him to not bite as much! I mean, I can't go a minute with him on me without him biting. I just want to be able to have him out and not have him biting me. =( I love him but I wish he would start being nicer to me! I mean, you can tell that he loves me. He cuddles under my hair and comes to me for protection but he just bites me like CRAZYYY. Oh by the way, I have tried keeping him occupied when he's out with toys. He still bites just the same.
Please don't take this wrong. He is the most cuddly, loving animal in the world when he's tired and in the mood to cuddle, but most of the time he won't let me pet him at all and he bites like crazy.
I got Blue, my peach faced lovebird when he was 4 1/2 weeks old from a bird expo. He was housed in a little reptile/fish critter thing with his/her younger sibling. The critter things were stacked upon each other. There were other species of baby lovebirds and parrotlets too. But I picked Blue because I clicked with him. His sibling, even though he looked like he was only 2 weeks old, was not as cuddly as Blue. She gave me old formula, which Blue didn't like much. Blue sneezed and kept one of his eyes closed, so I knew he was sick. My dad was on a trip for 5 days [he left the day after we got Blue] so I waited for him to come home to bring him to the vet and get fresh formula. He had a bacterial infection and the vet gave us meds, which we gave him through a 1 cc syringe for 2 weeks until he was better. He's 2 months and 3 weeks old tomorrow. He weaned at about 9 to 9 1/2 weeks old.
SO here's the problem:
He started biting me at about 5 or 6 weeks old. =( I thought it was just baby teething, but I guess not. He bites now like crazy! He's already pretty cage aggressive. The cage aggression started a few days after we got his wings clipped, about a week and a half ago. Today there was a problem. I tried to give him something from my finger when he was in his happy hut, and he bit me the hardest he's ever bit me and latched on. I had to pull away, and he fell to the cage floor. It hurt so bad. I think our relationship is starting to crumble pretty badly, ever since he weaned. He isn't as cuddly any more nor attached to me as much. He bites every single time I have him out of his cage, several times. He bites for no reason (to me). He just walks over to my hand, and starts biting my fingers or knuckles. Even if I'm holding them still. It hurts! And he doesn't like my mom. He bites her ears like crazy, and fingers. He's drawn blood from her. I have no idea what to do. How should I react when he bites? I have to put him right back in his cage after he bites, because I would lose my temper with him and end up hurting him, sorry to say. I never want to hurt him though, and that's why I put him back. I try not to react when he bites, but it hasn't worked. I've tried cage time-out, blowing on him, the earthquake finger shaking thing, and even placing him on the floor after he bites. None have worked. I know it will take a while for him to stop biting, but I need some help here. I just want him to not bite as much! I mean, I can't go a minute with him on me without him biting. I just want to be able to have him out and not have him biting me. =( I love him but I wish he would start being nicer to me! I mean, you can tell that he loves me. He cuddles under my hair and comes to me for protection but he just bites me like CRAZYYY. Oh by the way, I have tried keeping him occupied when he's out with toys. He still bites just the same.
Please don't take this wrong. He is the most cuddly, loving animal in the world when he's tired and in the mood to cuddle, but most of the time he won't let me pet him at all and he bites like crazy.